ABSTRACT

Spon's Mechanical and Electrical Services Price Book 2018 continues to be the most comprehensive and best annual services engineering price book currently available, providing detailed pricing information across the full range of mechanical and electrical services, together with higher-level costs for a diverse range of systems and different building applications.

Use the access code inside the front cover of the book to get set up with a VitalSource® ebook of this 2018 edition. This versatile and powerful online data viewing package is available for use until the end of December 2018.

With new cost models for a gym, a spa and a bar, this edition also includes the following new items:

  • Solar thermal panels
  • A physical access control barrier system
  • A security revolving door

And significant developments to

  • Calorifiers
  • Commercial Boilers
  • Combined heating and power systems
  • Heat exchangers

All the standard features you have come to expect from SPON'S MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES PRICE BOOK are also included, considered essential for today’s services cost professional:

  • detailed materials prices, labour constants, labour costs and measured work prices for mechanical and electrical works, from above ground drainage to automatic transfer switches, and circuit breakers to sprinkler systems
  • an extensive Approximate Estimating section for quick, rule-of-thumb pricing of mechanical or electrical installations, together with elemental services costs for different types and standard of buildings
  • full details of wage rates, daywork and cost indices on a national and Central London basis.
  • an overhauled index and guidance notes

  • updates, free of charge, two or three times a year – see inside for registration details. Updates are available online at www.pricebooks.co.uk

part 1|103 pages

Engineering Features

chapter |4 pages

Building Information Modelling (BIM)

chapter |3 pages

Building Management Systems (BMS)

chapter |3 pages

Renewable Energy Options

chapter |7 pages

Groundwater Cooling

chapter |3 pages

Fuel Cells

chapter |4 pages

Biomass Energy

chapter |6 pages

Capital Allowances

chapter |4 pages

LED Lighting

chapter |3 pages

Getting the Connection

chapter |3 pages

Feed-In Tariffs (FITs)

chapter |4 pages

Carbon Trading

chapter |3 pages

RICS SKA Rating

chapter |6 pages

The Aggregates Levy

chapter |7 pages

Value Added Tax

chapter |22 pages

Typical Engineering Details

part 2|65 pages

Approximate Estimating

chapter |1 pages

Directions

chapter |2 pages

Cost Indices

chapter |5 pages

Riba Stage 0/1 Preparation

chapter |7 pages

Riba Stage 2/3 Design

part 3|387 pages

Material Costs/Measured Work Prices – Mechanical Installations

chapter |6 pages

Mechanical Installations

Material Costs/Measured Work Prices

chapter |42 pages

33 Drainage Above Ground

chapter |80 pages

38 Piped Supply Systems

chapter |132 pages

38 Mechanical/Cooling/Heating Systems

chapter |125 pages

38 Ventilation/Air Conditioning Systems

part 4|139 pages

Material Costs/Measured Work Prices – Electrical Installation

chapter |4 pages

Electrical Installations

Material Costs/Measured Work Prices

chapter |104 pages

Electrical Supply/Power/Lighting

chapter |29 pages

Communications/Security/Control

part 5|13 pages

Rates of Wages

chapter |8 pages

Mechanical Installations

Rates of Wages

chapter |4 pages

Electrical Installations

Rates of Wages

part 6|26 pages

Daywork

chapter |3 pages

Heating And Ventilating Industry

chapter |3 pages

Electrical Industry

chapter |18 pages

Building Industry Plant Hire Costs

part |94 pages

Tables and Memoranda

chapter |4 pages

Conversion Tables

chapter |4 pages

Geometry

chapter |2 pages

Formulae

chapter |6 pages

Earthwork

chapter |5 pages

Concrete Work

chapter |2 pages

Reinforcement

chapter |1 pages

Formwork

chapter |3 pages

Masonry

chapter |5 pages

Timber

chapter |4 pages

Roofing

chapter |1 pages

Glazing

chapter |18 pages

Metal

chapter |7 pages

Kerbs/Edgings/Channels

chapter |3 pages

Seeding/Turfing And Planting

chapter |5 pages

Fencing And Gates

chapter |7 pages

Drainage

chapter |3 pages

Rail Tracks

chapter |1 pages

Imperial Standard Wire Gauge (Swg)

chapter |9 pages

Pipes, Water, Storage, Insulation